Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Leadership and professional activities
Licenses, certifications, and memberships
Timeline
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Jessica Waldman

Mullica Hill,NJ

Summary

Clinical Practice Leader specializing in delivering high-quality patient care and enhancing team efficiency. Proficient in implementing evidence-based protocols to improve patient outcomes consistently. Strong leadership, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills. Successful track record of driving process improvements in prior nursing positions.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Practice Leader

CUPP 4 East- Ortho/trauma stepdown
03.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for the nursing practice, adherence to regulatory and accreditation standards, and nursing-sensitive indicators
  • Communicates a vision for administering high-quality healthcare and develops strategies to build buy-in and support from nursing staff
  • Successfully completed and received 1st certification for the International Geriatric Hip Fracture Society
  • Facilitated transition of unit to a new-to-hospital defibrillator product
  • Oriented staff to new equipment and nursing

Clinical Nurse IV

Trauma Surgical ICU
Philadelphia, PA
01.2015 - 03.2022

Clinical Nurse II

Neuro ICU
Philadelphia, PA
07.2010 - 01.2015

Staff Nurse

Surgical and Trauma ICU
11.2008 - 09.2012

Staff Nurse

5 East Medical/Surgical
01.2008 - 11.2008

Education

Master of Science in Nursing- Nurse Educator -

The Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
05.2024

Bachelor of Science- Biology and Nursing, Cum Laude -

Wright State University
Fairborn, OH
11.2005

Skills

  • Innovation management
  • Employee Training Program
  • Decision-Making
  • Epic Systems
  • Organizational Development
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Process Implementation
  • Critical Thinking
  • Project Oversight
  • Patient Safety
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Team Collaboration
  • Patient education and counseling

Leadership and professional activities

  • Nominated for the Diane Lanham Award for Leadership two years in a row
  • Chair of CRRT committee and education lead, 02/2015, 03/2022
  • TSICU UC member, 05/2015, 09/2021
  • Unit scheduler for 65 ICU nurses, 08/2017, 03/2022
  • Co-chair for the Clinical Practice Leader group, 08/2023, Current
  • Developed and currently teach at PPMC’s Nursing Education Enhancement Day, 03/2022, Current
  • Collaborated in developing a new-to-practice skills day and teach a station, 08/2022, Current
  • Member of the PPMC Tracheostomy Advisory Team, 03/2022, Current
  • Presenter for PPMC’s Trauma Nurse Course, 05/2023, Current
  • SIM Ambassador for UPHS Simulation Center, 09/2021, 02/2023
  • Poster presentation – WOCNext 2023, 06/2023
  • “Going beyond prevalence: Developing a Root-Cause Analysis Process for HAPIs within an Acute Care Hospital”

Licenses, certifications, and memberships

Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN)

ACLS and BLS 

Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)- 2010-current

Fundamentals of Critical Care (FCCS)- 2016

Licensed in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York 

Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Society

American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Society of Trauma Nurses

Timeline

Clinical Practice Leader

CUPP 4 East- Ortho/trauma stepdown
03.2022 - Current

Clinical Nurse IV

Trauma Surgical ICU
01.2015 - 03.2022

Clinical Nurse II

Neuro ICU
07.2010 - 01.2015

Staff Nurse

Surgical and Trauma ICU
11.2008 - 09.2012

Staff Nurse

5 East Medical/Surgical
01.2008 - 11.2008

Master of Science in Nursing- Nurse Educator -

The Pennsylvania State University

Bachelor of Science- Biology and Nursing, Cum Laude -

Wright State University
Jessica Waldman